Suitable Flesh

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Suitable Flesh

2023

1h 39m

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Mystery & Thriller

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Psychiatrist Elizabeth Derby becomes obsessed with helping a young patient suffering extreme personality disorder. But it leads her into dark occult danger as she tries to escape a horrific fate.

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Critics Consensus

Campy and creepy, Suitable Flesh delivers visceral, '80s-inspired horror topped off by game performances from Barbara Crampton and Heather Graham.

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Tim Cogshell

FilmWeek (LAist)

11/29/2023

This material? Not very strong. These actors? Doing what they can with it and actually getting it to a pretty creepy place.

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Kimber Myers

Crooked Marquee

10/30/2023

B-

Lynch never nears the gleefully demented levels of gore and black humor that were Gordon’s hallmarks, but Suitable Flesh is still a fun if relatively mild homage.

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Adam White

Independent (UK)

10/30/2023

4/5

There are flashes of HP Lovecraft, but the film is otherwise steeped in tributes to Stuart Gordon, the late king of scuzzy, made-for-VHS horror... Here, that manifests in a splurge of self-parodic fun.

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Rebecca Sayce

FILMHOUNDS Magazine

Jul 24

4/5

A horny, hair-raising tale of cosmic terror and body horror, Suitable Flesh harkens back to the steamy days of eighties erotic horror while giving a new generation of genre fans a fresh tale of obsession, desire, and Lovecraftian delights.

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Brian Bisesi

Horror Movie Club Podcast

May 15

2/5

Suitable Flesh gets repetitive fast. It lacks an emotional core. By the third act, rather than wondering how things would get resolved, I simply found myself eager for an end to the villain's uninspired rants.

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Rocco T. Thompson

Daily Dead

07/02/2024

4/5

Suitable Flesh is less suitable than it is superlative: a playful, gleefully horny Lovecraftian thriller

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Jordan P

@Jordanflickmaster Mar 8

Cheesy, boring, ridiculous, strange pacing, terrible writing, terrible music, terrible acting, cringey.

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Clint H.

@clintharrell Feb 24

Garbage. I hope the writer never writes anything ever again.

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David B

@Good4dave Jan 9

The acting is awful. The plot is ridiculous. The soundtrack sounds like something out of goosebumps. How in God’s name this movie got over 80% here on RT is beyond me. It’s like a b list romantic horror written for 50+ year old divorcees. The one thing this move does have going for it is that it’s hilarious—even if only because of how bad the writing is.

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Jen H.

@Nifer01 Nov 8

A Lovecraftian tale a la Reanimator. Creepy with tongue planted firmly in cheek.

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Caleb L

@RT83793999 Oct 5

While the film is about 20 minutes too long, and there's an over-reliance on sex appeal, Suitable Flesh has some truly unique and awesome ideas/performances that make this much more than just another possession film.

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Paul D

@RT32124875 Sep 20

How can you make my d&@% go soft in a horror flick starring Heather Graham? She's half naked and having screaming o's in the first like five minutes!!! HOW COULD THIS EVER -EVER GO WRONG? Here's how: SUITABLE FLESH. Thanks gang. You've taken a young boy's dream and completely pooped on it.

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Synopsis

Psychiatrist Elizabeth Derby becomes obsessed with helping a young patient suffering extreme personality disorder. But it leads her into dark occult danger as she tries to escape a horrific fate.

Director: Joe Lynch
Producer: Barbara Crampton, Bob Portal, Inderpal Singh, Joe Wicker
Screenwriter: Dennis Paoli
Distributor: RLJE Films / Shudder
Production Co: AMP International, Eyevox Entertainment
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 27, 2023, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 27, 2023
Box Office (Gross USA): $11.1K
Runtime: 1h 39m

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